Posts tagged "positive thinking"

Last week, I wrote an “Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg,” informing him he had no right to tell me how much Coca-Cola I am allowed to consume. After many comments about me sounding like “a high school drama queen” and telling me to “calm down,” I felt very discouraged, and even doubtful about…

Ugh, it's so unfair. What did I do to deserve this? No one ever asks me out. Dating -- or whatever you want to call the experience of interacting with the gender to which you are attracted -- can be a very frustrating experience. Generally, we meet a lot of people before a connection i…

I bounded down the stairs to show my mom my new frilly red dress. “Oh Kimmi! You look so pretty! That is such a pretty red dress!” I stopped mid-twirl, put my hands on my four-year-old hips, and looked at her accusingly. “You don’t like my blue dress?” I asked. Flash-forward 30 years, and that…

Simply Irresistible

As you slog your way through the myriad not-yet-April Fools' Day pranks that plague this nation, revel in this: no one has ever pranked someone better than Michael Jackson pranked Russell Crowe, and he did it for years. In an interview with The Guardian, Crowe revealed that despite having never met Jackson,…